Greenfields Primary School

Termly Overview
Year 3 - Autumn 2014




Spellings: these will be given out each Monday and then tested on the following Friday.
Maths: a homework task will be set each Friday and needs to be handed in by the follow-
ing Friday. The task may be paper-based, or on I am Learning.
Reading: children should be reading at least three times per week at home and this
should be recorded in their planner. Please refer to the Reading Focuses in the planner
for ideas for questions you could ask during home reading.
Reading
The children will be...
listening to and discussing a wide range of fiction, poetry,
plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks
asking questions to improve their understanding of a text
drawing inferences such as inferring characters feelings,
thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying infer-
ences with evidence
Our class reading book this term will be Stig of the Dump and
we will be basing a lot of our literacy around this.

Writing
Letter writing to Stig
Story writing
Non fiction booklet on fire safety

Spoken language
listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers
ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and
knowledge
Read, write and order whole numbers to at least 1000; know what
each digit represents.
Understand division and recognise that division is the inverse of
multiplication.
Choose and use appropriate operations ( including multiplication and
division) to solve word problems, explaining methods and reasoning.
Identify right angles.
Solve a given problem by organising and interpreting numerical data
in pictograms, tables and graphs.

Maths lessons this term will also now include the following
objectives from the new curriculum:
Add and subtract numbers with up to three digits
Add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both
and p in practical contexts
Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100
Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8
multiplication tables
Solve problems involving simple algebra
Draw 2-D shapes and make 3-D shapes using modelling materials;
recognise 3-D shapes in different orientations and describe them
Identify forces that are acting on an object.
Suggest directions in which forces are acting.
Study stationary objects and identify forces acting upon them.
Describe magnets as having two poles and observe how magnets attract or repel each other.
Observe how magnets attract some materials and not others.
Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet, and identify some
magnetic materials.
Plan fair tests and decide what to measure and what equipment to use
Make and record measurements
To draw conclusions

This term we will be exploring the Savage Stone Age then moving on to the Iron Age, and will be consider-
ing questions including:
What does prehistory mean? -What was life like at an Iron Age hill fort?
Was the Stone Age just a bunch of cavemen? -What was Iron Age art like?
What kind of sources tell us about the Stone Age? -What have we learnt about this period of history?
What was life like at Skara Brae?
What was so good about bronze?
What do grave goods tell us about the Bronze Age?

In ICT this term we will be modelling a Stone Age 3D
house and village. Children will create an entire pres-
entation using various forms of ICT including:
Microsoft office
Sketch up 3D imaging
Goggle maps

We will be building up our physical skills this term
through football, basketball and dance.

We will also be attending swimming sessions for
ten weeks. The final session will be Wednesday
19th November.

In Art this term we will be exploring stone age
cave paintings and using original techniques to
make our own cave painted clay tiles. We will also
use clay to replicate stone age monuments e.g.
stone henge.
In DT this term we will be designing and making
our own bronze age round houses. We will repli-
cate these by using a variety of techniques and
materials.

In RE we will be thinking about the Bible and
looking at:
The Lords Prayer, the Ten Commandments and
various other stories.
We will be creating our own special book containing
letters, stories and poems.
In P.SH.E we will be discussing the question: How
do rules and laws affect me?


In music this term the children will be exploring accom-
paniments, understanding how to accompany a solo voice
and learning about accompanying instruments. They will
also learn about traditional music notation and have the
opportunity to play instruments whilst following the
notes on a stave.
In French this term the children will be learning the
months of the year, how to write a party invitation in
French and the names of parts of the body. We will also
be revising numbers, colours and questions.
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- Remember to keep an eye on the
class blog and leave a comment or two!
- Ask your children to log on to their I
Am Learning accounts at home to play
online learning activities at home!
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Speak to your teacher if
you have forgotten your log-
on details!